Siria (regione storica): differenze tra le versioni

''[[Baalshamin]]'' o '''''Ba'al Šamem''''' in [[lingua aramaica]] ܒܥܠ ܫܡܝܢ (Dio dei cieli),<ref>{{Cita libro|autore=Teixidor, Javier|titolo=The Pagan God: Popular Religion in the Greco-Roman Near East|url=https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=m5Z9BgAAQBAJ&pg=PA27&lpg=PA27&dq=Baalshamin+%27Lord+of+Heaven(s)%27&source=bl&ots=uo9ziy0Nrs&sig=m9PaViEACGj66FcwosQ3f3-U2Ew&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwj3iM3409bVAhXGVrwKHVLkCZkQ6AEIRjAH#v=onepage&q=Baalshamin%20'Lord%20of%20Heaven(s)'&f=false|accesso=14 agosto 2017|anno=2015|editore=Princeton University Press|isbn=978-1-4008-7139-1|pp=27}}</ref><ref>{{Cita libro|autore=Beattie, Andrew; Pepper, Timothy|titolo=The Rough Guide to Syria|url=https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=9iCfkTe8v2EC&pg=RA2-PA290&lpg=RA2-PA290&dq=Baalshamin+%27Lord+of+Heaven(s)%27&source=bl&ots=kMmFWY1H_y&sig=KavXolXRsbo39aZKmx_AF4LUIKo&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwj3iM3409bVAhXGVrwKHVLkCZkQ6AEITDAJ#v=onepage&q=Baalshamin%20'Lord%20of%20Heaven(s)'&f=false|accesso=14 agosto 2017|anno=2001|editore=Rough Guides|isbn=978-1-85828-718-8|pp=290}}</ref> era un [[Antica religione semitica|dio dei cieli semitico]] in [[Cananea]]/[[Fenici|Fenicia]] e nell'antica città di [[Palmira]].<ref name="Dirven1999">{{Cita libro|autore=Dirven, Lucinda|titolo=The Palmyrenes of Dura-Europos: A Study of Religious Interaction in Roman Syria|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_LfXg2r6FT0C&pg=PA76&lpg=PA76|accesso=17 luglio 2012|anno=1999|editore=BRILL|isbn=978-90-04-11589-7|pp=76}}</ref><ref>{{Cita libro|autore=J.F. Healey|titolo=The Religion of the Nabataeans: A Conspectus|url=https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=hbO9CwAAQBAJ&pg=PA126&lpg=PA126&dq=Baalshamin+sky+god&source=bl&ots=zZ6KmQB_Aw&sig=faozXNydKPoXttzvNxIukORJ5JQ&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiCpf695NbVAhVHWbwKHbciCh4Q6AEIUDAG#v=onepage&q=Baalshamin%20sky%20god&f=false|accesso=14 agosto 2017|anno=2001|editore=BRILL|isbn=978-90-04-30148-1|pp=126}}</ref> Quindi, Sham significa (''paradiso'' o ''cielo''). Inoltre, in [[lingua ebraica]], ''sham'' (<span style="font-family:SBL Hebrew, Ezra SIL SR, Ezra SIL, Cardo, Chrysanthi Unicode, TITUS Cyberbit Basic, Arial Unicode MS, Narkisim, Times New Roman"><bigspan style="font-size: 120%;">שָׁמַ)</bigspan></span> deriva dall'[[lingua accadica|accadico]] ''šamû'' che significa "cielo".<ref>{{Cita libro|autore=Caplice, Richard I.; Snell, Daniel C.|titolo=Introduction to Akkadian|url=https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=E4QP2wKp-NIC&pg=PA6&lpg=PA6&dq=samu+in+akkadian&source=bl&ots=RaluJjaHN9&sig=v-MN6uibQCRJtTcgOFVqQhqeO3k&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjwzezw89bVAhVBObwKHTYfCPAQ6AEIUjAJ#v=onepage&q=samu%20in%20akkadian&f=false|accesso=14 agosto 2017|anno=1988|editore=Gregorian Biblical BookShop|isbn=978-88-7653-566-6|pp=6}}</ref> Per esempio, il termine ebraico per indicare il sole ''[http://biblehub.com/hebrew/8121.htm shemesh]'', era "shem/sham" da ''[http://biblehub.com/hebrew/8064.htm shamayim]<ref>In ebraico, mayim (מַיִם) significa "acqua". Nella [[Storia della creazione in Genesi|Genesi 1:6]] [[Elohim]] separò le "acque dalle acque". L'area sopra la terra era piena di acqua del cielo (''[[Olam Haba|sham-mayim]]'') e la terra sottostante era coperta dall'acqua del mare ([http://biblehub.com/text/genesis/1-10.htm ''yam-mayim'']).</ref> (in accadico ''[https://glosbe.com/en/akk/sky šamû]'') che significa "cielo" e ''[http://biblehub.com/hebrew/784.htm esh]'' (in accadico ''[https://glosbe.com/en/akk/fire išātu]'') che significa "fuoco", cioè "fuoco del cielo".